Paper 105 Overview: Deity and Reality

The concept of infinite reality is inherently beyond full comprehension for finite minds, yet philosophical approaches help make aspects of it more accessible. A useful way to approach this vastness is to imagine eternity-infinity as a universal cycle set in motion by an absolute cause seeking ultimate fulfillment. Though human minds struggle to grasp eternity and the totality of reality, philosophical constructs offer approximations that help bridge the gap between mortal experience and cosmic truth. Central to this framework is the concept of the I AM, representing the infinite origin and absolute source of all that exists, beyond any single category or duality. This foundational idea establishes a reference point for understanding the prepersonal, unqualified state from which all differentiated reality eventually unfolds.

Through a process of self-expression, the I AM gives rise to multiple phases of reality, both personal and impersonal, actual and potential, and these become comprehensible in relation to seven key Absolutes. These Absolutes represent core aspects of reality, including the Universal Father, Eternal Son, Paradise Isle, Conjoint Actor, and three Absolutes of Deity, Universal, and Unqualified potential. Their coordinated relationships form the basis for the structure and function of the universe, leading from unity to duality and eventually to complex triunity groupings. As the cosmos unfolds, these relationships facilitate the appearance of finite reality, made possible through divine will and interactive cosmic forces. This emergence of the finite initiates a cycle of growth, allowing finite beings to begin their journey toward perfection, while also triggering divine and cosmic responses that further the creative expansion and integration of all levels of reality.

Even for high orders of universe intelligences, infinity remains only partially comprehensible, and the finality of reality is only relatively understandable to subinfinite minds. When the human mind endeavors to penetrate the eternity-mystery of the origin and destiny of all that is called real, it may productively approach this problem by conceptualizing eternity-infinity as an almost limitless ellipse produced by one absolute cause, functioning throughout this universal circle of endless diversification, ever seeking some absolute and infinite potential of destiny. This conceptual framework provides a means for finite minds to engage with the otherwise overwhelming scope of infinite reality.

When the mortal intellect attempts to grasp the concept of reality totality, such a finite mind confronts infinity-reality, which can never be fully comprehended by any subinfinite concept capacity. The human mind can hardly form an adequate concept of eternity existences, and without such comprehension, it is impossible to portray even our most sophisticated concepts of reality totality. Nevertheless, this paper attempts such a presentation, while acknowledging that these concepts must undergo profound distortion in the translation-modification process to reach the comprehension level of mortal mind, offering what might be considered a philosophical approximation of the unapproachable absolute.

Absolute primal causation in infinity is attributed by universe philosophers to the Universal Father functioning as the infinite, eternal, and absolute I AM. This presentation of an infinite I AM to the mortal intellect inherently involves dangers, as this concept is so remote from human experiential understanding that it risks serious distortion of meanings and misconception of values. Nevertheless, the philosophic concept of the I AM provides finite beings with a foundational basis for approaching partial comprehension of absolute origins and infinite destinies. In all personality meanings and values, this concept of the I AM must be understood as synonymous with the First Person of Deity, the Universal Father of all personalities, although it is not so clearly identifiable in undeified realms of universal reality.

The I AM is simultaneously the Infinite and infinity itself. From the sequential, time viewpoint, all reality originates in the infinite I AM, whose solitary existence in past infinite eternity must constitute a finite creature's premier philosophic postulate. This concept connotes unqualified infinity, the undifferentiated reality of all that could ever be in infinite eternity. As an existential concept, the I AM is neither deified nor undeified, neither actual nor potential, neither personal nor impersonal, neither static nor dynamic. No qualification can be applied except to state that the I AM is. This philosophic postulate proves even more challenging to comprehend than the Unqualified Absolute, yet it serves as the conceptual foundation for understanding how the Universal Father functions at the prepersonal level of infinity before any differentiation or expression occurs.

In considering the genesis of reality, we must maintain awareness that all absolute reality is from eternity and without a beginning of existence. The seven realities—three existential persons of Deity, the Isle of Paradise, and the three Absolutes—are co-ordinately eternal, notwithstanding the necessity of employing time-space language in presenting their sequential origins to human beings. In this chronological portrayal, we must postulate a theoretical moment of "first" volitional expression and "first" repercussional reaction within the I AM, which might be conceived as the self-differentiation of The Infinite One from The Infinitude. However, this dual relationship must be expanded to a triune conception through recognition of the eternal continuum of The Infinity, the I AM, acknowledging that any sequential portrayal is merely a concession to the limitations of finite comprehension.

This self-metamorphosis of the I AM culminates in multiple differentiations of deified and undeified reality, potential and actual reality, and other realities that resist simple classification. These differentiations establish the basis for a sevenfold self-relationship, comprehensible in relation to the Seven Absolutes of Infinity: the Universal Father as father of the Eternal Son, representing the primal personality relationship of actualities; the Universal Controller as cause of eternal Paradise, establishing the primal impersonal relationship of actualities; the Universal Creator as one with the Eternal Son, initiating the creative cycle consummated in conjoint personality and the eternal universe; the Infinite Upholder as self-associative, representing the primordial association of statics and potentials; the Infinite Potential as self-qualified, bearing eternal witness to volitional self-limitation; the Infinite Capacity as static-reactive, constituting the endless matrix for cosmic expansion; and the Universal One of Infinity as "I AM as I AM," representing the stasis or self-relationship of Infinity, the eternal fact of infinity-reality and universal truth of reality-infinity.

The seven prime relationships within the I AM eternalize as the Seven Absolutes of Infinity, which constitute the premise of all reality. Though portrayed through sequential narrative for human comprehension, all seven Absolutes are unqualifiedly and co-ordinately eternal, having never been "created" or having begun to exist. The First Source and Center (Universal Father) represents the First Person of Deity and primal nondeity pattern—creator, controller, and upholder—the source of all actuals and potential of all potentials. The Second Source and Center (Eternal and Original Son) embodies absolute personality realities and provides the basis for the realization-revelation of "I AM personality." The Paradise Source and Center (the eternal Isle) establishes the foundation for gravity control throughout the universes and serves as the absolute of patterns for all actualized, nonspiritual, impersonal, and nonvolitional reality.

The Third Source and Center (Conjoint Actor) functions as the infinite integrator of Paradise cosmic energies with the spirit energies of the Eternal Son, perfectly co-ordinating the motives of will with the mechanics of force. The Deity Absolute encompasses the causational, potentially personal possibilities of universal reality, qualifying the unqualified and absolutizing the qualified. The Unqualified Absolute represents the totality of nondeified reality and finality of all nonpersonal potential, unrevealed cosmic infinity whose presence is limitless, though its function is limited by space. The Universal Absolute serves as the unifier of the deified and undeified, correlating the absolute and the relative, and compensating for the tension between the ever-existent and the uncompleted. Though from a mortal perspective the First Source and Center might seem antecedent, the eternal coexistence of all seven absolutes invalidates this perception, reminding us that all reality is predicated upon their eternity existence and infinity relationships.

Universe philosophers postulate the eternity existence of the I AM as the primal source of all reality, alongside the self-segmentation of the I AM into seven phases of infinity and the simultaneous appearance of the Seven Absolutes of Infinity, establishing the duality association of the seven phases of the I AM with these seven Absolutes. The self-revelation of the I AM progresses from static self through self-segmentation and self-relationship to absolute relationships with self-derived Absolutes. These dual relationships eternalize as the Seven Absolutes of Infinity, establishing the foundational basis for all universe reality. This movement from unity to duality to triunity represents the primal pattern of reality unfoldment, with each stage emerging from and building upon the previous while maintaining the integrity of the whole.

There exist three great classes of primordial relationships: unity relationships (within the I AM as a threefold and sevenfold self-differentiation), duality relationships (between the I AM as sevenfold and the Seven Absolutes of Infinity), and triunity relationships (the functional associations of the Seven Absolutes of Infinity). Triunity relationships arise upon duality foundations because of the inevitable interassociation of Absolutes, and they eternalize the potential of all reality, encompassing both deified and undeified reality. The I AM represents unqualified infinity as unity, the dualities eternalize reality foundations, and the triunities eventuate the realization of infinity as universal function. This progression sets the universe stage, the potentials become existent and the actuals present, for the diversification of cosmic energy, the outspreading of Paradise spirit, and the endowment of mind together with the bestowal of personality, unifying these Deity and Paradise derivatives in creature experience.

The promulgation of finite reality must be attributed to the volitional acts of Paradise Deity and the repercussional adjustments of the functional triunities, just as the original diversification of the I AM stems from inherent and self-contained volition. Prior to the deitization of the finite, all reality diversification apparently occurred on absolute levels, but the volitional act promulgating finite reality connotes a qualification of absoluteness and implies the appearance of relativities. Though presented as a sequence, this narrative must acknowledge that transcendentals both preceded and succeeded the finite, functioning as both causal and consummational in relation to finite reality, illustrating the complex interrelationships between sequential time perception and the actuality of eternity relationships.

Finite possibility inherently exists within the Infinite, but the transmutation of possibility to probability and inevitability required the self-existent free will of the First Source and Center, activating all triunity associations. With relative and qualified reality's appearance came a new cycle of reality, the growth cycle, a majestic downsweep from infinity heights to the finite domain, forever swinging inward to Paradise and Deity, always seeking high destinies commensurate with its infinity source. For creatures, the finite's beginning marks the genesis of reality, as there is no conceivable actuality prior to the finite from the creature perspective. Finite reality manifests in two original phases: primary maximums (the supremely perfect Havona-type universe and creatures) and secondary maximums (the supremely perfected superuniverse-type creatures and creation), with tertiary maximums emerging from relationships between primaries and secondaries, illustrating the complex stratification and interrelationships of reality levels.

The promulgation of finite existences represents a transference from potentials to actuals within the absolute associations of functional infinity, generating multiple repercussions that reverberate throughout the cosmos. The deity response manifests as three levels of experiential supremacy: the actuality of personal-spirit supremacy in Havona, the potential for personal-power supremacy in the grand universe, and the capacity for some unknown function of experiential mind acting on a supreme level in the future master universe. This multi-tiered response illustrates how Deity adapts and expands in relation to the emerging finite reality, creating new contexts for divine expression and experiential growth that complement the existential foundation of infinity.

Additional repercussions include the universe response (activation of architectural plans for the superuniverse space level), the creature repercussion (appearance of perfect Havona natives and evolutionary ascenders from the superuniverses), and the divinity response to imperfection (the compensating presence of God the Sevenfold). The evolution of imperfect beings necessitates the time lag inherent in evolutionary growth, which, while creating the possibility of misadaptation and disharmony, also enables creatures to participate as partners with Deity in achieving maximum development. This divinity response provides compensation for both the experiential limitations of inherent perfection and the preascension limitations of imperfection, demonstrating how even apparent cosmic challenges serve greater purposes in the overall divine plan, enabling finite beings to experience growth toward perfection through partnership with divinity.

Transcendentals occupy a unique position in the cosmic hierarchy: they are subinfinite and subabsolute yet simultaneously superfinite and supercreatural. They eventuate as an integrating level correlating the supervalues of absolutes with the maximum values of finites. From the finite creature perspective, transcendentals appear to have eventuated as a consequence of the finite, but from the eternity viewpoint, they existed in anticipation of the finite, sometimes characterized as a "pre-echo" of finite reality. This paradoxical relationship exemplifies how linear temporal thinking fails to capture the complex reality of eternity relationships, where causation operates multidirectionally across what appear to temporal minds as sequential levels of reality.

The central universe of Havona illustrates this transcendental quality; neither absolutely eternal in the Paradise sense nor finitely evolutionary like the superuniverses, yet serving as a buffer between these reality levels. The Ultimate is identified with transcendentals much as the Supreme is associated with finites, but the Ultimate transcends a mere super-Supreme projection, representing an eventuation of new Deity realities and qualification of previously unqualified phases. Among transcendental realities are the Deity presence of the Ultimate, the concept of the master universe, the Architects of the Master Universe, Paradise force organizers, certain modifications in space potency, values of spirit, meanings of mind, and absonite qualities. Together with finite and absolute levels, these transcendentals constitute the cosmic stage for the endless drama of personality performance and energy metamorphosis, unified by the triunities, functionally coordinated by the Architects of the Master Universe, and relatively coordinated by the Seven Master Spirits as subsupreme coordinators of God the Sevenfold.